As if the co-dependent relationship between coffee and books isn't strong enough, today's Guardian says British bookseller Blackwell's is deploying the first in a new generation of Espresso Book Machines (EBM's) in autumn. The news seals the deal between the printed page and the world's most popular legal stimulant. After all, print-on-demand technology will print and bind any of a million books at a rate of 40 pages a minute, while you wait---and maybe sip, if coffee's handy. Photo is of a Blackwell's on Broad Street, Oxford. Good for e-books Does this long-awaited new technology...

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Moderator: Damien G. Walter, a much-published U.K. writer of "weird and speculative fiction," is our latest contributor. Welcome, Damien! - D.R. The other day my self discipline failed, and after weeks of craving I bought a video game. Addictions are never broken; they are only tamed. Eventually they will escape the leash and savage a passing pedestrian. For weeks I've been browsing the game shops, debating the for and against of giving in to temptation. This time the for side won, but for a very simple reason: giving in to the addiction was also the best way of...

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